Martha....I'm with you on watching woman's curling. I've enjoyed watching it.
I'm still trying to figure out the rules and scoring..just by watching it. I think it's harder than it looks.

I first watched curling in 2002 and didn't really get too into it. This year, I made it a point to catch the US Women's team mostly due to the hottieness of certain players. Unfortunately they didn't medal, but at least they look better than the Canadian contingent!

I read an article that was bemoaning the Canadian team's lack of medals in curling. The story said that Canada has 1 million curlers, or 94% of the world's curlers!

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The rules of curling sound a lot like those of "bowls".. I didn't even know this sport existed until I saw my husband watching it on Sky Sport here in Europe. Same idea: 2 players have the same number of heavy ovoid balls that they roll to try to get closest to the target. There's a billiard-like strategy of trajectory (which is wierd due to the balls' not being perfectly round) and also bumping the opponent out OR trying to jam him up so his next shot is more difficult..

Maybe curling evolved from people wanting to play bowls in the winter?

Sky Sport also broadcasts snooker for hours on end. It's amusing to hear the Italian announcers try to prounouce "boooewwlls" and "snnooookerrr" and all the Anglo-Saxon names of the players.

Both of these are actually rather relaxing to watch. Way better than golf, though that may not be saying much... It's also nice to watch sports/games that are not heavily sponsored and hyped; it's like a window into an older, calmer world.

Are we talking about a sport or what constitutes an athelete?* Those aren't the same.* * I might call bowling a sport, but someone who bowls is no athelete.* * Some of the best bowlers were beer-gutted, pig looking dudes that probably couldnt run 100 yards before falling over.

Michael Jordan is an athelete.

If fishing is a sport, I am an athelete. Curling is our favorite olympic sport. We watch curling on tv when it isn't in the olympics too.

I was being facetious.* Of course, all you do is strap yourself to a board and point it downhill.* Gravity does the rest.

Except for all the parts at the edges of the half-pipe where they're apparently violating its law.

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Snowboarding was the "coolest" sport I saw in the olympics. It was the only sport that caught my interest for longer than 2 minutes.

It's about the only thing that makes me want to participate in winter again. Someday. Not today, but someday.

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